Kelis Takes on PETA in Scathing MySpace Letter

When not crooning about milkshakes and bossiness, you can regularly find Kelis at the center of a high profile scandal -- be it her much publicized custody battle with estranged husband, Nas, or now a scuffle with PETA that's sure to ruffle a few feathers.

Some background on the situation: Kelis was photographed earlier this week wearing a very fur-centric ensemble which caught the attention of animal activist group PETA leading the singer to make a public rebuttal via her MySpace blog. Kelis not only dismisses PETA President Ingrid Newkirk as "nuts" but the organization as a whole as causing "the death of high fashion."

In her over 600 word rant, Kelis states that she would never wear the fur of endangered species, but chinchilla and mink are fair game. "Quite honestly [they] are rodents, and if it weren't in the form of a coat, I would demand they be put to death anyway."

Kelis is obviously not above writing such potentially shocking statements and proceeds with a hypothetical scenario where she "would eat pterodactyl if you found some and told me it was meaty and delicious."

Instead of focusing on the plight of the animal kingdom, the singer suggests people should focus on more worthwhile causes such as poverty in underdeveloped countries and women's basic rights in the Middle East.

"Everyone has the right to an opinion, and that's mine on that," ends Kelis. If you want to read the entire letter, click here.

What an ignoramus. Obviously. One can care about poverty and other social ills as well as being cognizant of the suffering that animals go through for no good reason. As a society, we should be above torturing God's creatures (man or beast) for ANY reason. There are videos of them being skinned alive!! And this makes sense to her? Get out of the leather and trade it in for some knowledge. EVERYTHING matters. EVERYTHING we do MATTERS.

HAHA Amazing letter, I tell you. It's a food chain PETA, ok? The world still revolves when a rabbit is turned into a hat. Have two for my self actually. Both from cabela's and one of them..USED to be a snow bunny. I can understand PETA and what they're trying to do, but still. Life goes on and another 10 rabbits are born after that one single bunny is gone.

STEER CLEAR OF ANIMAL RIGHTS CRAZIES SUCH AS PETA AND SOME OTHERS-ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT VALUE ANIMAL LIVES OVER THAT OF HUMANS ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED. BY THE WAY: MS.OBAMA, PLEASE PUT PETA IN THEIR PLACE!

Hey genius, how is standing up for speechless rodents, putting them before human life? You need to think with the brain God gave you before you start flapping your gums. You are so dumb you probably couldn't run the mazes these rodents have brains to figure out.

lordy - that's exactly what I think of PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. That is one sick woman. Good to hear so many in agreement. Ever wonder how sick - read her "will" sometime, years ago she would be in the crazy house!